Digital Designer
Description
At Space Ape, the creation of world-class brands is vitally important to us, and as a Digital Designer Artist, you will be at the forefront of all of our new titles. You will work alongside in-development and prototype game teams on exciting, brand new mobile game titles across a diverse portfolio of game styles and genres.
This is a great opportunity to be part of our small empowered teams helping craft the vision and execution of a compelling and innovative design and marketing content. The ideal candidate must have a hands-on approach as well as possessing the ability to balance the scheduling and scoping of work, driving forward of digital and marketing content, whilst improving conversion rates and ROI across our games.
Requirements
Responsibilities
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Supervise the production and delivery of all content created both internally and externally providing a roadmap of assets for all key stakeholders
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Responsible for the creation and implementation of high quality, profitable digital content across a variety of platforms, genres and formats
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Help establish and drive the pipelines, processes and methods necessary to take digital content forward within the company
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Liaise with external partners and vendors to deliver content across a variety of formats
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Work alongside User Acquisition and Marketing teams to raise awareness of recent trends and best practices
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Utilize metrics and a user-oriented mindset to drive design decisions and tests
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Ensure consistency of tone and visual direction across all marketing and game content
within a variety of art styles
Requirements:
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3-5 years’ experience as a digital designer
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A versatile, proactive attitude to drive forward digital design across a variety of titles with
a variety of teams concurrently -
An excellent eye for typography, colour theory, branding and design language
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Proven ability to work with designers, user acquisition and marketing teams to develop
the designs through an iterative process -
Expert level experience with Creative Cloud Suite, particularly Photoshop and Illustrator
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Keen interest in data and analytics staying up-to-date with the latest trends, techniques,
and technologies -
A demonstrated flexibility to create content across a wide variety of styles, themes and genres
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A high level of passion for mobile games and their development backed by relevant industry experience
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Great communication and organisational skills possessing the ability to inspire and motivate
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Excellent at multitasking with time and priority management skills
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A "raise the bar" attitude
Bonus Skills:
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Experience using the Unity3D Game Engine;
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Experience working in an agile (e.g. SCRUM/Kanban) environment using agile ceremonies (e.g. stand-ups sprint planning, retrospectives) and working with agile artefacts (e.g. user stories, task boards);
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An ability to work with minimal supervision and review, and exercise independent judgement;
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Experience in conducting user research and evaluating user feedback;
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Experience designing for iOS, Android, or other mobile platforms;
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Experience in other design-related fields such as UI/UX, After Effects, Animation, or Motion graphics design production.
